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Volume 122, Number 24 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Tuesday, May 7, 2002 New Eateries in Student Center FedEx Error Blamed To Replace Courses Toscanini's For Loss of '04 Rings , . By Eun J. Lee line store houses with no success. By Jennifer Krishnan accept the MIT card for payment, ers in Tennessee, Virginia, and NEWS EDITOR "If the rings are not found by NEWSED/TOR as will LaVerde's Market. North Carolina. The Class of 2004 held its ring this Wednesday, Jostens will rush The Alpine Bagel Co. and Alpine will move into the space Chris Sullivan, an Alpine repre- delivery event at the Museum of through the production of new sets Arrow Street Crepes will, soon be currently occupied by Courses sentative, described the company Science Sunday night, but hundreds of rings for the individuals whose among the dining options available Restaurant. MIT will be the com- as "a special cafe-bakery-bagel of sophomores are still without their rings got lost," Quattrochi said. at the Student Center. Both will pany's tenth location, joining oth- concept. At MIT, we'll [also] have Brass Rats because of a shipping These rings should be finished with- a large grill menu" and pizza. error. in two weeks, if necessary. Jostens "Better than 50 percent of Ring Committee member Dou- will rush the new rings, or the rings what's sold at Courses is burgers," glas 1. Quattrochi '04 said FedEx contained in the lost box if it is said Director of Campus Dining lost one of three boxes containing found, via FedEx to each individual. Richard D. Berlin III. "Alpine has class rings that were delivered to "We [members of the Ring a larger breadth ... and healthier Boston on Sunday. This box con- Committee] would prefer if the food." ._ tained all of the class rings belonging rings were delivered in person by "Our menu is naturally very to sophomores with surnames start- Jostens representatives because of low in fat," Sullivan said. Alpine ing with the letters "P" through "Z," security concerns for delivery of the also has "a lot of vegetarian and ring accessories for all students. valuable parcels," Quattrochi said. options. That's another demo- The box of missing rings was RingComm member Tina Shih graphic we serve very well," he lost while being delivered to repre- '04 said that Fed Ex is taking full said. sentatives of the manufacturer, responsibility for this mistake, but Berlin likened Alpine to the Jostens Inc., at a Boston hotel. An Jostens is also accepting responsi- food trucks in speed of service. unIaiown "Pat McLaughlin" signed bility for the incident. The new "The line is really long, but only for the box, according to FedEx rings will be remade at no additional takes three to five minutes," he records. cost to students. "I also encourage said. those students whose rings were lost Alpine will most likely be open Rings to be remade if not found to write to Jostens and request com- from 7 a.m. to midnight daily, Sul- Since it was discovered that the pensation for the error on their box was missing, the company has Dining, Page 15 searched its courier trucks and air- Brass Rat, Page 18 Faculty Hold Teach-in on Divestment To Build Support for Joint Campaign By Brian Loux cussed Israel's occupation of in the Middle East." NEWS EDITOR Palestinian territories and violence "That phrase is supposed to be Harvard and MIT faculty held a against Palestinians. the end all on discussion on "teach-in" yesterday in 26-100 to The petition, signed by students Israel," Gradzinsky said. "1 am draw support for a petition and faculty from both universities, here to say that it is not enough." demanding that both universities also demands that the U.S. govern- He argued that the three princi- divest from Israel and companies ment desist in the selling of arms ples that created Israel were the that sell arms to the country. to Israel. desire to be democratic, the desire The event was largely orga- to be Jewish, and the desire to be nized by MIT Professor of Brain Gradzinsky discusses democracy secure, citing the Israeli constitu-
JONATHAN WANG-THE TECH and Cognitive Science Nancy G. Speakers included professors tion and quotes from former Israeli Ray Dacanay makes a crepe behind the counter of Arrow Street Kanwisher ' 80 and Harvard Pro- from MIT and Harvard, as well as Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion. Crepes near Harvard Square. Dacanay's uncle owns the shop, which fessor Ken Nakayama, two of the Professor Y osef Gradzinsky from When these desires need to be bal- may open a new branch sharing space with Toscanini's in the Stu- four original drafters of the peti- Tel Aviv University, whose speech dent Center this fall. - tion. Many of the speakers dis- was entitled "The Only Democracy Divestment, Page 14 Walter A. Rosenblith Institute Professor Emeritus and former Provost Walter A. Rosenblith, died Wednesday of complications resulting from prostate cancer. He was 88 years old. Rosenblith was one of the first to use computers and mathemati- cal models to study the brain as a biophysical information handling system. He helped found the Program in Science, Technology and Society, and later joined the STS faculty. He came to MIT in 1951 as an associate professor in Course VI, then known as the Department of Electrical Engineering. By 1975 he was named an institute professor, and served as chair of the faculty from 1967 to 1969.
Rosenblith provost in 1970s Rosenblith served as provost from 1971 to 1980, working to. develop MIT's programs in health sciences and biomedical engi- neering and developing collaborations with other universities and medical institutions. - Howard W. Johnson, president from 1966 to 1971, said, "Walter Rosenblith was a noble academic whose enthusiastic participation for 50 years in MIT life as institute professor, faculty chair, provost, and, most of all as a rare human being will leave an indelible mark on the Institute."
. FRANK DABEK-THE TECH Career began in Europe The 2002-2003 Undergraduate Association officers are sworn in at last night's UA meeting by out- Born in Vienna, Austria on Sept. 21, 1913, Rosenblith studied in .going speaker Victoria K. Anderson "02. From left to right are Parol Deora '04 (vice president), JosI- ah D. Seale '03 (president), Benjamin J. Zeskind '03 (speaker), and Yu.Ung Wong '04 (vice chair). Ro~enblith, Page 1S
The MIT Wind Ensemble wowed Comics OPINION World & Nation 2 its audience with a program of Akshay Patil discusses the obses- Opinion 4 modern music Friday night. sion with the Brass Rat. Arts 6 Events Calendar J1 Sports 20 . Page 7 Page 9 Page 5 Page 2 THE TECH May 7, 2002 WORLD & NATION Judge Orders Law to Give Deposition SN.-ClAI. TO TIlE W,SIIIXGTON !'OST u.s. Underestimated Cuban A Massachusetts judge Monday ordered Boston Cardinal Bernard F. Law, the nation's senior Roman Catholic prelate, to give a video- taped deposition Wednesday in the civil suit brought by sexually Weapons, Bush Official Says abused victims of defrocked priest John J. Geoghan. If he appears as scheduled, Law would be the first American car- By Paul Richter have given this danger littt'e empha- logical warfare programs in those dinal to be deposed in such a case, according to Bill Ryan, LOS ANGELES TIMES sis. And they have not indicated that states." spokesman for the U.S. Conferenc~ of Catholic Bishops. WASHINGTON Cuba might be an important source Bolton did not specify which The court order comes just days after the Archdiocese of Boston A senior Bush administration of germ-weapon knowledge for nations Cuba might have aided, but abruptly backed out of a multimillion-dollar settlement with 86 vic- official said Monday that U.S. lead- other countries. he noted that Cuban President Fidel tims of Geoghan, now serving a nine to 10-year prison sentence after ers have underestimated the security The new warnings brought Castro visited Iran, Syria and Libya being convicted in January of a single count of child molestation. The threat posed by Cuba, and he issued charges from some analysts that the last year. Bolton said that, at Tehran archdiocese's finance council rejected the agreement, estimated to be a specific warning about the coun- administration was trying to University, Castro told an audience: worth between $15 million and $30 million, because it feared there try's biological weapons program. strengthen its political support from "Iran and Cuba; in cooperation with would not be enough money to settle additional sex abuse cases. U.S. officials believe that Cuba anti-Castro Cubans in Florida and each other, can bring America to its Law, who has acknowledged that he transferred Geoghan to new a has "at least a limited offensive bio- o.ther conservatives. Florida is knees." new parish after learning of the allegations against him, has not been logical warfare research and devel- important to President Bush's re- . U.S. officials have underestimat- questioned in conjunction with the suits involving Geoghan. He had opment effort," said John R. Bolton, election prospects, and his brother, ed the threat posed by Cuba in large been scheduled four times to be deposed but each time the deposition undersecretary of state for arms Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, is facing an part because of the work of Cuban was postponed. control and international security. election in November. spies operating in the United States, And they fear that the Cubans might Bolton said that the worries Bolton declared. be passing on their germ weapons about Cuba arise from its "well- He cited Ana Belen Montes, a FBI: Mail Bombs From Same Source know-how to other "rogue" states, developed and sophisticated" bio- longti~e Defense. Intelligence filE W..1SIIINGWS POST he said in a speech at the Heritage medical industry, which until 1990 Agency analyst who pleaded guilty As rural postal carriers in three Midwestern states warily returned Foundation, a conservative public had substantial support from the in March to spying for Cuba. to their routes Monday, authorities said the pipe bombs discovered in policy center in Washington, D.C. Soviet Union. The equipment used Montes was a contributor to a mailboxes since Friday are nearly identical and came from the same The comments represent a to manufacture drug or biological key 1998 Pentagon report that source - possibly a single individual. marked toughening of the official products are considered "dual use," reviewed Cuba's military capabili- Officials also announced late Monday that they had discovered line on Cuba. The Castro regime has meaning that they can also be ties. The report concluded that the another pipe bomb in a mailbox in Nebraska, bringing to 16 the num- long been listed by the U.S. govern- applied to create germ weapon island did not pose a substantial ber of devices found so far. Authorities said Monday night they were ment as a state sponsor of terrorism, agents, such as viruses and toxins. security threat to the United States also investigating the report of a possible bomb in Salida, Colo., and officials have said in the past Bolton said that Cuba "has pro- . - although then-U.S. Defense Sec- about 100 miles west of Pueblo. that Cuba was believed to have the vided dual-use technology to other retaryWilliam S. Cohen acknowl- Postal and law enforcement officials in Illinois, Iowa and Nebras- capability to produce germ agents. rogue states. We are concerned that edged he was "concerned" about the ka said they have developed several promising leads in their investi- But, until now, government officials such technology could support bio- germ weapons program. gation of the bombings, which have left SIX people injured and have rattled communities far removed from other recent terrorist scares. The FBI has described the bombing campaign as a case of Siege in Bethlehem Continues "domestic terrorism." Investigators believe the culprit, who has placed anti-government notes along with the bombs, is most likely a middle-aged or older male working alone, officials said. As Exile. of Gunmen Disputed Studies to Back Smallpox Vaccine By Doug Struck Palestinian court on charges involv- the Palestine areas. They want their NEWSDAY TlfE WASlIINGTON POST ing attacks on Israelis. Israeli troops law overriding our law." . Taking a pre-emptive strike against smallpox by mounting a mass BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK would then withdraw from Bethle- Arafat's approval of deportation vaccination campaign of people between the ages of I and 29 could A dispute over how many Pales- hem, allowing the departure of more was a significant reversal. Palestin- spare more lives than a conservative government plan in the event of tinian gunmen will be exiled to Italy than 120 people - clergy members, ian negotiators had rejected exile as a bioterrorist attack, according to two reports to be released Tuesday. delayed resolution of the siege of nuns and Palestinians - confined to a betrayal of their goal of statehood. The vaccine strategies to be reported at a meeting of pediatric the Church of the Nativity Monday, the church since gunmen took "It was always taboo with the researchers show that mass vaccinations ultimately would cost the but Israeli and Palestinian sources refuge there April 2. Palestinians/' said Mitri Abu Aitah, government less money and that the number of deaths and injuries said they still expected the standoff The outlines of the arrangement one of the. local Bethlehem officials from the vaccine itself can be roughly predetermined. to end soon. were approved by Israeli officials who opposed exile, but was over- Dr. Matthew Davis of the University of Michigan, who is to After agreeing on the outline of a. and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat ruled by Arafat. "In principle, if you unveil one of the plans to the Pediatric Academic Societies meeting plan to end the 35-day siege, Pales- early Monday morning. But negoti- accept exile for' these people, you this week in Baltimore, said a mass campaign would protect those tinian and Israeli negotiators ations stalled throughout the day. might have to accept exile for thou- who are most vulnerable to smallpox: People between the ages of I remained at odds over the number "There's certainly a framework. sands of others." and 29. Most people 30 and older were vaccinated against the virus of those who would be deported, But we haven't hammered out the But both sides have come under and may still carry some immunity. with the Palestinians insisting on six details," said a spokesman for the increasin'g pressure from U.S., The younger segment of the population never received the vaccine and Israel on 13 or 14, according to Israeli army, Capt. Jacob DallaL European ~nd Vatican intermedi- because immunizations stopped before they were born. The last rou- those familiar with the talks. Palestinian and church sources aries to end the siege.- A resolution tine immunizations with the vaccine in the United States took place "We are just waiting for clarifi- also said a snag developed over an , would allow' President Bush and in 1972; the nation's last case of smallpox was in 1949. The World cation of some numbers," said Israeli demand that the Palestinians Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Health Organization declared smallpox eradicated globally in 1980 Canon Andrew White, the Anglican be exiled under order of an Israeli to meet Tuesday in a less strained after an aggressive immunization campaign. The last case of natural envoy to the Middle East, who is court. atmosphere .. transmission was in 1977 in Somalia. involved in the negotiations .. "We will never accept that," said Secretary of State Colin Powell "There are risks with the vaccine," Davis said, "but there are even Under the deal, about 30 others Yasser Abed Rabbo, the Palestinian told reporters that a deal was "near. greater risks with smallpox." would be taken from the church to information' minister. "They want to We need one or two little problems the Gaza Strip to appear be~ore a have their law to be applicable in solved." WEATHER Tornado Talk Situation for Noon Eastern Daylight Time, Tuesday, May 7, 2002 By Michael Ring J. ~~ r?~..cl~ f:)~ r$,~ b~ ..rl~ o~ o~ .\7>1FF ME7EOROI.OG/ST ....'ll ...."Ii "'v ...... " ....\) ....\J- " cfl Last week's devastating tornado in Charles County, Maryland is a stark .' --- 400N reminder that we are at the peak of the tornado season in the United States. The Charles County storm was the first F5 tornado to strike the United States in three years. Tornadoes are ranked on the Fujita intensity scale based on their wind speed: F5 storms have winds in excess of261 mph (420 kph). While Massachusetts has never experienced an F5 tornado, it is not 35°N immune to these storms' fury. The state has witnessed more tornado deaths per square mile than any other state since 1950, due primarily to the powerful F4 tornado which killed 90 in and around Worcester on June 9, 1953. Massachusetts experiences about three tornadoes in a given year, ranking 300N the state fourteenth for tornado frequency per unit area. However, don't expect to see a twister blowing across campus anytime soon despite this relatively high ranking. The vast majority of these storms occur in central and western Massachusetts, away from the moderating influence of the ocean that often weakens the summer thunderstorms that move across the state.
Extended Forecast Today: Cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Warm with highs near 75"F (24°C). Tonight: Scattered showers early, then clearing after midnight. Lows near 53"F(Irq. Wednesday: A nearly perfect day, sunny and seasonably warm. Highs near Weather Systems Weather Fronts Precipitation Symbols Other S mbols Snow Rain 70°F (21°C). Fog ; H High Pressure _Trough - I Wednesday night: Clouding up with showers possible toward dawn. Lows - Showers ..-...... Warm front "V* "V "R Thunderslorm near 55°F (13°C). Ughl L tow Pressure CX) H31.e ...... Cold Fronl Thursday: Cloudy with scattered showers. Highs near 60"F (l6°C) and Moderale * Compiled by MIT ~ Hurricane ** MeleOl'Ology Staff lows near 53°F (12°C) ...... SlAlionary Front Heavy . andTMTtch Friday: Sunny and mild. Highs in the upper 60s F (19° to 21°C). *' • ° J May 7, 2002 WORLD & NATION THE TECH Page 3 Dutch Politician Assassinated Enron Documents Show Manipulation of Calif. Electricity With Election Nine Days Away TIlE WAS}{fNGTON POST Enron Corp. actively manipulated the California electricity market By Sebastian Rotella nomenon who had shaken up a tran- revive him. by such maneuvers as transferring energy outside the state to evade LOS ANGELES TIMES quil nation with his aggressive and His death 'transformed him into price caps and creating phony "congestion" on power lines, according PARIS colorful style. an instant symbol of a Europe to internal Enron documents released Monday. Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn, a Police arrested the suspected besieged by internal tensions and The techniques described in two memos written by lawyers for populist maverick whose criticism killer and described him as a white crises: immigration, street violence, Enron in December 2000 were given names such as "Fat Boy," of immigration and Islam propelled man of Dutch nationality but didn't extremism of many stripes, anti- "Death Star," "Get Shorty" and "Ricochet." The company turned the his rapid rise, was shot and killed identify him or pr,ovide other Semitic and anti-Islamic sentiment documents over to federal regulators, who made them public. outside a radio studio in an Amster- details. An eyewitness told the Los and resentment of traditional leaders The evidence of their use contradicts denials Enron made at the dam suburb Monday. Angeles Times that the assassin was seen as out of touch and unrespon- time and provides impetus to several ongoing investigations of the The assassination, which Dutch a short, youthful man wearing a sive. bankrupt energy giant's role in the California crisis. authorities said was the first in the baseball cap who opened fire at "This was not an attack on Pim California power system operators ordered rotating blackouts on modem history of the Netherlands, close range as Fortuyn walked to his Fortuyn but an attack on democra- six days early in 200 I. That followed a ten-fold surge in power prices came just nine days before legisla- car after an interview at the Radio 3 cy," Dutch Prime Minister Wim that began the previous summer, hitting the state's utilities with bil- tive eJections in which the rightist FM station in the town of Hilver- Kok said at a news conference. lions of dollars in excess electricity charges. politician's fledgling party was a top sum. Paul Vander Lugt, coordinator of contender. Fortuyn was hit six times in the the radio station, said he escorted The killing was especially head, neck and chest, authorities Fortuyn to the exit of the studio at 6 Lindh Case Could Falter shocking because the 54-year-old said. He died on the pavement p.m. Fortuyn and his chauffeur had Fortuyn, an openly gay sociology where he had fallen, surrounded by walked into a parking lot when the Over Witness Intemews professor, was an overnight phe- a team of paramedics trying to gunman appeared and fir~d. TilE WASHINGTON POST A federal judge warned Monday that if the government's national security concerns prevent John Walker Lindh's attorneys from inter- viewing detained witnesses who might help clear him, the Justice u.s. to Nullify Signature on Treaty Department might have to drop its case against the man captured with Taliban fighters. At a hearing in Alexandria, Va., U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III Establishing World Criminal Court also told the defense thaihe did not think the Constitution's fair-trial guarantees require the government to allow Lindh's attorneys to go to By William Orme .Israel, Iraq, Libya, Qatar and Yemen international treaty, according to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to interview 14 suspected al-Qaida and Tal- LOS ANGELES TIMES - they have not joined the United U.N. officials and international law iban fighters being held there. UNITED NATIONS States in repudiating the treaty. experts. "This action by the U.S. is Ellis suggested that a videoconference hookup might be a reason- Unilateralism is back - or at The administration contends that unique," said Fred Eckhard, the able compromise between Lindh's right to exculpatory information least that's what critics of two new the court could expose U.S. soldiers spokesman for U.N. Secretary-Gen- and the government's need to gather as much anti-terrori'sm informa- Bush administration initiatives here and officials abroad to politically eral Kofi Annan. "It is unprecedent- tion as possible from the 384 detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison. contend. motivated "war crimes" prosecutions .. ed." He gave both sides until May 28 to work out a deal. At that point, On Monday, the' administration "We regret that this has hap- Also Monday, Bush administra- he said, he will rule on the defense request for face-to-face interviews. informed the United Nations that it pened, as we are in favor of the uni- tion envoys were at U.N. headquar- Lindh, 21, arrived at the half-hour hearing with neatly trimmed is nullifying the December 2000 versality of the treaty," said George ters seeking to remove all references hair and, for the first time, thick-rimmed glasses that further distance U.S. signature on the treaty. estab- Cunningham, a spokesman for the to "reproductive health services" him from the unkempt, bearded man captured in northern lishing the International Criminal European Commission here. from a document being drafted for Afghanistan late last year. His mother, Marilyn Walker, attended the Court, a decision that U.N. officials The treaty originally was signed adoption at the U.N. Special Session hearing, but his father, Frank Lindh, was absent for the first time called unprecedented. by 139 countries, the United States on Children later this week - a since his son was flown to this country in January. Libya is the only other country included, and has been ratified by fight in which it is again opposed by The hearing gave the first clear indication how Ellis intends to that remains consistently and vocif- 66 - including every European most U.N. members, including all handle the complicated national security concerns that will likely erously antagonistic to the court's Union member except Greece, its closest Western allies. dominate Lindh's trial later this year. Lindh is charged with conspir- creation. Although other nations which plans to approve it soon. U.S. delegates are urging U.N. ing to kill Americans abroad and aiding terrorist groups. He faces a have expressed opposition to aspects .No other nation has ,ever voided members to promote sexual absti- life sentence if convicted . of the court - among them China, , a sovereign signature on a binding nence rather than birth control.
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SPORTS ST.IFF As an alumnus (1973) and the son of an try and the organizations inspecting it. must be completed before nuclear waste can Staff: Robert Aronstam '02, Adeline Kuo '02, alumnus (1942), I was horrified to read that 32 Finally, Tortorice calls the proposal "irre- be stored at Yucca Mountain. The facts are Rory Pheiffer '02. MlT faculty members have signed a petition sponsible" for "ignoring" the economic conse- that the Department of Energy recently issued
ARTSST.HF seeking to force MIT to divest investments in quences of its provisions. In fact, the proposal an exhaustive EIS on the Yucca Mountain Editors: Sandra M. Chung '04. Daniel S. companies that invest in Israel ["MIT, Har- was constructed in cooperation with the top site, which supports the alternative of dispos- Robey '04; Associate Editors: Fred Choi '02, vard Faculty Petition Universities' Israel labor economists in the country, including sev- ing spent nuclear fuel at Yucca Mountain Jeremy Baskin '04: Staff: Erik Blankinship G, Investments," Apr. 30]. It is disturbing to see eral MIT professors who signed onto the pro- (
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CONCERT REVIEW GAME REVIEW PuyoPop Four Cheersfor the Underdog By Atlf Z. Qadir By Chad Serrant The opponents use different techniques and SfAFF WRITER STAFF WRITER methods. Some opponents like to store their Junoon Puyo Pop puyo on the side, and then' use it as surplus Kresge Auditorium THQ ammo, while others attack immediately. The Apri128, 6pm For Game Boy Advance. puyo fall faster as the game progresses forc- $39.95 ing the play to react faster. ridging the seemingly disparate worlds of Western rock and Pakistani folk.music, Also, hard puyo appear, and they require Junoon has received acclaim from Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi uyo Pop, developed by Sega, is one ' more effort to clear. The 46 stages should Annan '72 and Pakistani president General Pervez Musharraf, as well"as rave great example of a puzzle game. The provide a good challenge to most players. BM reviews from Billboard Magazine and The New York .:rimes. This past Sunday, it "easy to learn, yet difficult to mas- And if that isn't good enough, there is a dif- brought its message of daur-e-julloon, or "peace and passion," to MIT's Kresge Auditorium ' Pter" mantra is intact. This game has ficulty setting and an extra sixteen stages to in a sold-out concert sponsored by PaksMIT (pakistani Students at MIT) .. been released at least three other times in try out. Junoon formed in the mid 1990's and first appeared on the world scene with the release North America, so those who have played its The multiplayer modes feel just like a of their 1997 platinum album, Azadi. Their single "Sayonee" topped Asian .charts for nearly previous incarnations will quickly dominate single player match, except you can trash- two months. Their popularity transcended the typical Western imitations that (:Irew.favor this version. talk and expect a response. The new four from only the Americanized elite of South Asia. By me,lding in Punjabi qawwali and other Blobs (or Puyo, as the game calls them) player modes get a bit hectic, but you can classical forms, they were able to appeal to the larger South Asian community. They hold at fall from the top of the screen. Rotate them have a four-way with a single cartridge. You their core a message of peace, tolerance, and moderation in religious thought. ~ so four of the same color touch, and they lose some of the graphics an~ sound if there With the release of Andaz in 200 I, Junoon cemented its formative position in the interna- pop. Of course, bonus points are awarded for is only one copy of the cartridge, but it's a tional music scene as surely the most famous Pakistani band of all time. With a recent benefit .' destroying more than four at once, and small price to pay. concert for Afghan refugees and a performance at the United Nations in New York,. they bonus points for chains are even better. The controls are simple enough. The con- continue to spread their message of peace and passion. When fighting an opponent, the bonus points trol pad moves the puyo and the A and B' The concert at MIT was an overall success despite initial glitches. The show w~ delayed turn into clear puyo that fall on the oppo- buttons rotate the puyo. Like other puzzle for nearly two hours because the group's flight from Canada .was late. Almost the entire nent. The clear puyo usually ruin the oppo- games, the cont~ols are simple and intuitive. audience waited it out, which was a testament to the intoxicating effect of Junoon's music. nent's attempts to clear the field. If the field The graphics are bright and well-drawn. The concert finally opened with a live dhol player, who made attendees 'rise to their feet and fills up, that person loses. Being a puzzle game, Puyo Pop wasn't break into impromptu bhangra, the colorful folk dance from the Pakistani-Indian region' The basic gameplay rotates around one- designed to be some kind of graphics mon- called Punjab ... on-one matches, so speed, reflexes and plan- ster. There is some scaling present with the The combined yelps, screams, and whistles that filled Kresge when Junoon finally arrived ning are necessary. There are some forma- "YEAH!" sign that appears in the victor's on stage felt like a standing wave. The unrestrained enthusiasm belied any original logistical tions that guarantee more points and more field, but that's about it in the "fancy graph- problems. Junoon is composed of a drummer; tabla player; bassist Brian O'Connell, lead clear puyo on the opponent. But slow play- ics" field. But the story pictures and full- singer Ali Azmat; and vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter Salman Ahmad .. The band that haS ers will be buried before they can finish off. screen portraits make up for that easily. The been likened to U2 and the B~atles delighted the audience with hits from their first two that six chain they were planning. characters have sound clips that play when albums. The basic story mode concentrates on they'make large chains or when a pile of They belted out a warm, jovial rendition of the Southern Punjabi folk song, "Lal Meri," Arle and her pet Carbuncle finding pieces of puyo drops on their field, and the stage which at times had elements of Nus rat Fateh Ali Khan, Abida Parveen, and Dave Matthews a pendant. And as any story mode in a puz- music stays light-hearted yet upbeat. Few Band. They also performed a Jimi Hendrix guitar-driven version of the Pakistani National zle game requires, Arle bas to play Puyo Pop will complain. Anthem, which was a favorite especially amongst the deeply proud Pakistanis and their against everyone she bumps into. Puzzle games are usually on the lower American diaspora counterparts. A number of other songs performed that night include a Luckily, Sega knew they couldn't really end of the video game spectrum. For some rendition of Khan's "Biba Sada Dil Morr De" and a number of Junoon's original songs, make a serious plot based on this, so the reason, Tetris has been the only really popu- including "Sayonee," the dreamy "Beegi Yadein" the dolorous, tabla-based "Muk Gaye story makes fun of itself. At one point, Arle lar, mainstream puzzle game. Sega has Nay," and the Led Zeppelin-esque "Talaash." '.' meets an elephant that warns her "None released this game before as Kirby's "Neend Ati Nahin," as well as several other songs, slid into the zone of 1980s soft rock: shall pass!" Arle replies, "I know, 1 know. Avalanche and Robotnik's Bean Machine, . The fabla player and his counterparts on the drum and bass laid a strong fo.undation for 'None shall pass unless we play Puyo Pop,' neither of which ever really caught on. But, Azmat and Alunad, but at times the singers' voices seemed to lack depth and low-range right?" "Hmph, " he retorts, "I hate when the existence of two similar games does facility. These shortcomings, however, were forgotten in .their crowd-pleasing favorites people steal my lines!" The story is very raise the "been there, done that" issue.' "Khwab" and "Allah hu." , light-hearted and the ending is as silly as it Those who have played either of those The band ended up playing one of the longest concerts since a 1999 performance in should be. When a story designed for young games will know how to play Puyo Pop, and Karachi. Ahmad noted that this was because "at some point in the concert a spirit descended kids has an incubus, a minotaur, and a danc- may blow through the game with little or no and engulfed the au'dience and the band-members. From there on, it wasn't us playing the ing fish, the writers knew what they were effort. If you can't find your old Super NES music, it was the music playing us." doing. or Genesis, though, you'll definitely want to The computer opponents have good AI. give this game a look. May 7,2002 THE ARTS THE TECH Page 7
FILM REVIEW CONCERT REVIEW Hollywood Ending MITWind Another WoodyAllen Film Ensemble By Efren Gutierrez wife, Ellie (Tea Leoni), and her new lover between Allen and Leoni is not the best STAFF WRITER Hal (Treat Williams). Ellie feels that Val is because of the ending. Leoni never makes the Hollywood Ending the only person who can direct this movie; transition from ex-wife/friend to lover, which Great Music, Written and Directed by Woody Allen however, not everyone agrees with her. Val causes an abrupt change in tone in the ending. Starring Woody Allen, George Hamilton, eventually gets the offer to make the film, but Rydell and Williams each do respectably well Great Interpretations Tea Leoni, Debra Messing, Treat Williams, disaster strikes when he becomes temporarily in the movie, but George Hamilton's charac- Tiffani-Amber Thiessen blind due to anxiety/paranoia before the first ter, Ed the film executive, never develops into By Bogdan Fedeles Rated PG-13 day of production. With the help of his agent anything more than handsome filIer. Debra STAFF WRITER Al (Mark Rydell), he tries to direct the pic- Messing is believable as Lori, Val's current MIT Wind Ensemble oody Allen has come a long way ture without the studio executives or the pro- lover, but again serves as filler, appearing in Kresge Auditorium since directing Annie Hall in ducers knowing that he is directing the film only the beginning and end of the film. Conducted by Frederick Harris 1977. He has created his own blind. Hollywood Ending has an autobiographi- May 3, 8:00 p.m. genre of film almost everyone The rest of the movie focuses on his blind- cal feel. The whole idea of filming a movie W he MIT Wind Ensemble performed calls the. "Woody Allen film." The new ness and the havoc he causes to the whole within the movie seems odd otherwise, espe- Woody Allen film, Hollywood Ending, is def- cast and crew of the set, by trying to direct cially when the same person is both of the their season's second concert last Fri- initely such a film: It is a witty com'edy with his picture. The ending of Holljwood Ending directors. Woody Allen is considered a day. Conductor Frederick Harris led an uncommon situation, and a slew of scenes is a typical but abrupt Hollywood ending with genius for his early films, just like Val is, but T the ensemble through the performance that only Allen could have though of. all conflicts resolved and everyone living with today's studios wanting to make huge of a program, which focused mostly on mod- In the movie, Woody Allen stars as Val happily ever after. The movie wants so much blockbuster hits like Spiderman, both he and ern music, including Concertino for Violin Waxman, a film director who was once big in to end that its story falls flat and becomes Val have become become has-beens. and Chamber Winds by MIT professor of the 1970s and 1980s but who now directs TV unbelievable .. This film is not for those who want to see music and theater arts Peter Child. commercials. Meanwhile, Galaxy, a movie Woody Allen is great as Val with his otT- fights and special effects. If you want that, go Gustav Holst's Second Suite in F, op28, company, has begun looking for the director the-wall humor and antics. He rants again and see Spiderman. Those who want a taste of no.2, follows the first suite in style, orchestra- of the next blockbuster hit. The Galaxy team again about the same topic for an hour, in what films were like in the 1970s and 1980s tion, and wit. The MIT Wind Ensemble's last assigned to finding the direct.or is Val's ex- typical Woody Allen style. The chemistry would enjoy Hollywood Ending. concert concluded with Holst's first suite, and they picked up right where they ended, deliv- ering an even more convincing performance of Holst's work. The excellent ensemble work and balance contributed significantly. to the liveliness of the performance. Despite minor glitches in intonation, Second Suite emerged very melodious in the lyrical parts and very intense and fiery in the more agitated move- ments. Gunther Schuller's work Song and Dance is a beautiful synthesis work, combining two unrelated movements in a strong antithesis. The first section, "Quiet Music," refers to the song part of the title, aiming to create a very peaceful, yet puzzling atmosphere. The violin solo's lyrical episodes alternate gracefully with the more dissonant, agitated ensemble tutti. Young-Nam Kim delivered a splendid performance, showing a great sensitivity and very good musical sense. His crystal clear intonation and carefully transitioned dynamics conveyed intense lyricism to the piece. The wind ensemble showed brilliance especially in the second' section, '~Fiddle Music," where they rose up to the high demands of Schuller's work. Though the balance was fairly good overall, the violin virtuoso passages were almost inaudible during some of the very loud passages. Rhythmically, the ensemble sus- tained the piece very well, conveying the composer's indication of dance':'like music. Music professor Peter Child intended his Concertino for Violin and Chamber Winds as a companion piece to Schuller's Song and Dance. Yet, as Child explained in the pre-con- cert discussion, the concertino, which is dedi- cated to the ensemble and Y oung-Nam Kim, is very different "in temperament'" from Schuller's work, being "friendly in tone" and concise. The conciseness is perhaps due to the short time in which this piece was written (Child called this work as "written under pres- sure"). Nevertheless, the piece was a very enjoyable experience, making the most out of the rather modest wind ensemble required (only nin~ players). Although following a concerto scheme, the concertino provides opportunities for the instruments in the ensemble to step forward in short solo pas- sages. The players from the ensemble who performed this piece showed their confident intonation and musicality while accompany- ing Young-Nam Kim's brilliant violin solos, especially in the final movement. Child called the concluding movement "an artistic , response to the minimalist and post-minimal- ist music" because of the use of a very short motif that is repeated. This concluding move- ment contained better rhythmic coherence and more conservative harmonic approaches than the other movements. Young-Nam Kim's sparks of virtuosity on the violin added bril- liance to the whole minimalist atmosphere. The concert was concluded with Paul Hin- demith's Symphony in. Bjlat, a representative work in the wind ensemble repertoire. The Alumni and current mem- performance was well rounded, conveying bers of the Chorallaries Hindemith's preference for counterpoint and of Mil finish the Engi- highlighting the diversity of the thematic neers' Drinking Song- material that forms each counterpointed with a flourish Saturday phrase. The intonation allowed the many dis-
I night, capping off their sonant chords to sound very graceful. Howev- 25th anniversary con- er, the dynamic contrast was at times uncon- cert~ Former Chorallaries vincing. The last movement was particularly members - some from enjoyable, when the theme of the fugue was the group's very first very clear in each restatement and denoted a ... year - tra~eled fr.om good balance and ensemble work . around the country to The MIT Wind Ensemble, skillfully direct- enjoy the concert and ed by Frederick Harris, showed once more its perform the song~ proficiency and musical taste, delivering a beautifully well-rounded concert. Page 8 THE TECH THE ARTS May 7,2002 DANCE REVIEW Madam Butterfly Boston Ballet's Butterfly Flies By Bence Olveczky at the right times with a familiar palette of ST.-I/.F WRITER classical dance moves. But just as the young Madame Buttefjly Picasso mixed and improved on the tech- Boston Ballet niques and styles of the old masters he emu- Wang Center lated, so Welch takes what he learned from Alay 2-/9. classical ballet and blends it into a fresh and Tickets $25-$ 78, Student Rush available Jor original production. $12.50 on hour before curtain time. Welch has yet to fully master the crowded scenes, but his talent is on generous display n the surface, Boston Ballet's new in the more intimate passages. Particularly production Madame Butfetjfy is defi- poignant is the impassioned pas de delL'( on nitely old school. Based on Puccini's the doomed couple's wedding night. Adriana O famous opera, it tells a hackneyed Suarez, as the fragile Butterfly, is both literal- story of lost and forbidden love. The music is ly and metaphorically at the mercy of Simon vintage, the stmcture of the piece traditional, Ball, who dances the part of Officer Pinker- and the dance moves classical. Sounds like ton. As Ball gracefully juggles Suarez's another expensive cultural nap? No, this seemingly fluid body, Butterfly's complete potentially stale mix turns out to be a surpris- submission to her husband becomes achingly ingly passionate and poetic production burst- apparent, foreshadowing the ensuing tragedy. ing with emotional energy. The man largely Both dancers are seasoned veterans of the responsible for the success is Australian wun- company and deliver solid performances, but derkind Stanton Welch, who, belying his age the chemistry between the two needs to be and experience, has created a remarkably more igniting for the story to be tmly heart- mature and measured choreography. felt and believable. Welch started dancing at the ripe old age The production is also helped by an of 17, became a choreographer at 21, and was inspired stage design. Peter Farmer's set voted Best New Choreographer by a leading resembles a traditional Japanese woodcut British dance magazine at 23. In 1995, at the with shades of fading brown dominating the age of 26, he made Madame Butfetjfy his first scenery. Color is added in the form of elabo- full-length ballet. Using Puccini's original rate samurai costumes and ritual kimonos, narrative and a condensed version of his and also by a brightly colored American flag score, Welch's Butterfly recounts the tragic that serves as a shrine for the young Geisha story of a young Geisha who falls in love as she desperately awaits the return of her with a U.S. naval officer stationed in Japan. husband. We witness their wedding, her subsequent With Madame Butfetjfy the Boston Ballet betrayal by him, and the despair that follows. has produced an entertaining and engaging Welch capitalizes on the exotic setting to evening of good old-fashioned ballet. It may create some stunning visual images, while be neither groundbreaking nor exhilarating, making most of the overflowing passions the but it's a very solid, professional, and refresh- JONATHAN WANG-THE TECH piece offers him. Much of Madame Butter- ing piece of work that will have its deserved K.C. Dunbar and'Jeanne Snodgrass grin as Taylor Ho Bynum soloes in the Aard- Rv's success is due to the simple yet evoca- place in the company's repertory alongside its vark Jazz Orchestra's Saturday night performance of Louis Moreau Gottschalk's tive way in which the dancers tell the story. less satisfying forebears such as Giselle and Bomboula. The choreography triggers the right emotions Nutcracker.
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Every Wednesday is Grad Student Night at The Ear, featuring . Sponsor: Center for International Studies. live music. Tonight An all-~IT band lineup. 9 p.m.: Amy Renup. 10 p.m.: Mazer Rackham plays psychedelic celtic folk 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - MTL"VLSI Seminar Series. Design of Clock Distribution in High Performance Processors. punk. 11 p.m.: Cephalocrak performs with a saxophone, a beatboxer, and some electronic additions. The Thirsty Ear Free. Room: 34-101. Sponsor: MTL VLSI Seminar. _ Pub is located in the Ashdown House basement. Enter through the courtyard. Hours: Monday: 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Tuesday 4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.'- GTL Seminar. An Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Stator-Rotor Interactions in a - Thursday: 7 p.m. - 1 am Friday: 4 p.m. - 2 a.m. Must be over 21. Proper ID required. This event is funded in part by Transonic Compressor. Free. Room: 31-161. Sponsor: Gas Turbine Laboratory. the Grants Program of the Council for the Arts at MIT. Free. Room: The Thirsty Ear Pub. Sponsor: Graduate Student 4:15 p.m. - Biology Colloquium. Gail Mandel (SUNY, Stony Book) will be speaking about "Regulation of Neuronal Council, The Thirsty Ear Pub. Phenotype by Transcriptional Repression: How to Quiet Your Nerves." Hosted by Frank Solomon. Free. Room: 10- 250. Sponsor: Biology. Thursday, May 9 4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - GTL Seminar - Dr. S. Gorrell. An Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Stator-Rotor Interactions in a Transonic Compressor. Free. Room: 31-161. Sponsor: Gas Turbine Laboratory, AeroAstro. 8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - leadership, Management and Innovation. This two-day conference features leading MIT 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. - Toastmasters@MIT Evening Meetings. Room 5-1~4. Free. Sponsor: Toastmasters. Sloan School of Management faculty as they discuss emerging ideas, trends and technologies.-that are changing the 8:00 p.m. - Wlndtalkers (Free Sneak Preview). On Dec. 8, 1941, the United States declared war on Japan. For the practice of management. $1,450 (Free to MIT community). Room: Kresge Auditorium. Sponsor: Office of Corporate next several years, U.S. forces were fully engaged in battle throughout the Pacific, taking over islands one by on~ in a Relations/ILP. MIT Sloan School of Management. slow progression towards mainland Japan. During this brutal campaign, the Japanese were continually able to break 11:30 a.m. - Proteln-DNA Interaction and Combinatorial Transcription Control. The combinatoric complexity of coded military transmissions, dramatically slowing U.S. progress. In 1942, several hundred Navajo Americans were genetic regulation is examined theoretically in the context of Ptashne's regulated recruitment scheme. The statistical recruited as Marines and trained to use their language as code. Marine Joe Enders (Nicolas Cage) is assigned to pro- mechanics of protein-DNA interaction is first analyzed. It is shown that the nature of the interaction allows "program- tect Ben Yahzee (Adam Beach) - a Navajo code talker, the Marines' new secret weapon. Enders' orders are to protect mability: in that the binding threshold of a given regulatory DNA motif can be "set" to a broad range of functionally his code talker, but if Yahzee should fall into enemy hands, he's to "protect the code at all costs." Against the back- desired values by simply changing a few bases of the binding sequence. The programmable elements can then be drew of the horrific battle of Saipan, when capture is.J~minent, En~ers is ,fo[cedJ..o J!lWhitehead Institute, Massachusetts Institute of tures. This event is for all Foreign Language and Literature Majors, Minors, Concentrators and friends, however, all Technology and at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Platika served on the faculties of Harvard Medical School members of the MIT community are encouraged to attend. Free. Room: Killian Hall. Sponsor: Foreign Languages & lit- and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he was the head of gene therapy. Free. Room: E51-315. Sponsor: eratures. BioStrategy. 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - The Chandra X-Ray Observatory: A New Look at the Hot Universe" - space grant lecture. 7:00 p.m. -10:00 p.m. - Go Club Meeting. Come play Go with the MIT Go Club! We welcome new, beginning and Free. Room: 37-212. Sponsor: AeroAstro, Massachusetts Space Grant Consortium. experienced players. Free. Room: 1-134. Sponsor: MIT Go Club. 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Mechanical engineering Seminar: "Observer design for seismic cables using contraction." A 7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. - MIT IDEAS Competition Final Awards Presentation and Poster Session. Come to the final nonlinear observer is designed using a Rnite-Element Model (FEM) of a towed seismic cable. The cable dynamics are awards of the MIT IDEAS competition! $20,000 in cash prizes will be awarded to MIT student teams that take effec- . given by a PDE which has certain contraction properties that can be used to design an observer. It is shown in this tive steps toward resolving pressing individual and community challenges. At the start of the event, each team will paper that a FEM model of the cable has the same contraction properties as the PDE model, and that the FEM model display a poster detailing their innovation for the community. Free.. Room: 34-101. Sponsor: Edgerton Center, MIT can be used directly in the nonlinear observer design. By using a moderate number of elements in the FEM model a Public Service Center. computationally efficient observer of satisfactory accuracy is obtained. This observer will be used in future work for 8:00 p.m. -10:00 p.m. -IFILM Film Seminar. Screening of an international movie accompanied by a discussion feedback control of the cable. [~efreshments at 3:45 outside 3442.] Room: 3-442. Sponsor: Mechanical Engineering about it. Free. Room: 4-237. Sponsor: International Rim Club. Dept. 8:00 p.m. - P.laywrlghts-in-Perfonnance. Three original student-written plays directed by Associate Provost for the 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - SMA HPCES SemInar. "Robust Conic Optimization." Free. Room: 3-133. Sponsor: AeroAstro. Arts Alan Brody. "A Day in the Life of Brian" by senior Dan Tortorice (economies), -M.L." by senior Carolyn Chen 7:00 p.m. - Seven Samurai. A classic samurai film, featuring Toshiro Mifune, about a 16th-century Japanese village (architecture), "HOme~oming. by David Ngo. Free. Room: Kresge Rehearsal Rm B. Sponsor: Theater Arts Section. Page 12 THE TECH May 7, 2002
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For more ihformatlon plesS'8 call the Visual A.rts Program at 253 ..5229 or email [email protected]. Page 14 THE TECH May 7,2002 Chomsky Addresses Middle East Policies Divestment, from Page 1 [Gradzinsky's] ideas on why peace failed," said local resident Stefan anced, he said, democracy has lost Debrito. "It has made me want to most of the time. learn more about the situation in Gradzinsky also criticized the Israel before I create my owri opin- recent assault on terror cells to be ions. " a front, since the siege of Ramallah A large number of attendees was militarily insignificant but were dissatisfied with the talk, symbolically devastating and even calling it "one-sided" and lacking hurt Israel's overall campaign, as comment on the rise in anti-semi- Palestinian soldiers were able to tism in Europe. move to :Jenin. MIT Hillel organized a booth He concluded his talk remind- outside the lecture hall to offer a ing the audience that not support- different perspective on the events ing the Israeli government does not in the Middle East. "Under the mean one is against the Israeli peo- auspices of MIT, some students ple. and faculty have. deceptively labeled this a 'teach-in,'" said Hil- Chomsky discusses U.S. actions lel President Andrew M. Headline speaker and Institute Goldsweig '03. "We felt it would Professor Noam' A. Chomsky be appropriate to represent other spoke about the United States' role opinions of the measures." in the Middle East in a talk entitled Hillel, along with other individ- "Our Role, Our Responsibilities." uals stationed outside the hall, dis- "We must put up a mirror and tributed flyers describing opinions look at ourselves, which is always on recent Israeli or Palestinian important," Chom~ky began. After actions, with an almost equal num- discussing recent events in the ber arguing for and against divest- region, Chomsky said that "we are ment from Israel. "It is terribly extreme racists; here the death of a important to separate academics Palestinian leader doesn't matter and industry from interpersonal but when a leader of a country we conflict," Goldsweig said. support dies it's atrocious." Chom- sky was referring to the assassina- Petition faces other challenges tion of the Secretary General of the The petition correspondingly Popular Front for the Liberation of has its fair share of diss"enters Palestine Abu Ali Mu.stafa and the from students and faculty. "In a 'subsequent assassination of Israeli long standing historical dispute, it cabinet minister Rehavam Zeevi. is impossible to' pick a point and "Eisenhower's men noted tbat b)ame a side for a problem," said the perception in the world is that Professor of Political Science we support status quo governments Stephen M. Meyer, who chose not because we want to maintain oil to sign the petition .. SCOrF JOHNSTON-THE TECH resources. Well, there's not much Petitioners remained steadfast .. Yosef Grodzinsky of Tel Aviv University and Institute Professor Noam Chomsky discuss the Israeli- to say because that assumption is "The situation is extremely clear. Palestinian conflict with a large crowd in 26-100. Monday's lectures were part of a "teach-in" accurate," Chomsky said. Citing This is a group of occupied people sponsored by Harvard and MIT faculty and students hoping to persuade both institutions to sever past attempts from both the United that is not cared for and the situa- ties with companies that maintain financial interests in Israeli companies. Nations and Arab states to create tion is terribly counterproductive treaties but a consistent" refusal for and damaging to the U.S.," said U.S. endorsement, he concluded MIT Professor Mary C. Potter. "If that the unilateral U.S. rejection'- I thought there .was ambiguity, I ism is very dangerous and that the . wouldn't support it. The issue is U.S. must respond on "economic, extremely misunderstood by the military, residential, and diplomat- . U.S. public which you see by.the ic levels ... and Israel will have no actions of the House and Senate."v choice but to agree." While prob- Many petitioners are aware that MIT Graduate Student Ring lems would still persist, Chomsky the petition will have very little said, the situation would create a clout with MIT administrators. "I starting point for future peace. don't think it's terribly likely," Questions for Chomsky evoked said Potter, citing MIT's inaction some heated debate. One audience during anti-apartheid boycotts of member requested Chomsky call South Africa. "Nonetheless', I on Arab states to stop suicide think it's important to promote the bombings. "We should stop sui- idea so there be discussion in the cide bombers," he replied. '''We community. If we remain silent, should stop sending them bombs, we are culpable." we should stop sending them Potter said that there will most money, we should divest from sui- likely be other events to follow, cide bombing governments." This though presently there are none elicited a large round of applause scheduled. "There was some from ..the crowd. urgency to start on the petition and teach in. All our energy was Mixed reaction to talk devoted to those two things," she "The talk was very interesting. said. I liked hearing what Chomsky had Before the teach-in, 42 MIT to say about ,the coverage of the faculty and 49 Harvard faculty had world media and the U.S. popula- signed the petition, along with 72 tion's silent consent, and students.
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..:. Jo ~ tion" into the dining system. How- More vendors to accept MIT card ever, he said he would be disap- Both Arrow Street Crepes and pointed to see Tosci's leave. the Alpine Bagel Co.:,will be part If LaVerde~s accepted the MIT of the MIT meal plan, Berlin'said, card, Covert said he would be' "creating' more options where peo- ' more likely to buy desserts at the pie can speak with their wallets." store. "I don't, think of [the card] In addition, La Verde' s ~ill- as real money," he said. (BOTTOM) SCOTT JOHNSTON-THE TECH Teresa A. Fazio '02, Kendall B. McConnel '02, and Unda E. Kiley '99 together take on William S. soon accept the MIT card. "My Covert said he "would be more Buford '02 in the mud pit •. goal is to have it in and working inclined to leave the main building by.the week of finals,"'said John to come eat food" if more vendors M. McDonald, MIT's assistant accepted the MIT card. director of enterprise services. Aneal Krishnan '02 said he was "The big issues have all been not sad to see Courses leave. resolved," he said. "Now we're. "They can afford to be as rude as just dealing with the language" of they want," he said, because "stu- the agreement. dents don't have many choices."
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NA TlIAN COLUNS-THE TECH Several cars parked on Memorial Drive in front of Ashdown House suffered smashed windows and other damage Friday night. It is unknown who was responsible or why some cars were spared.
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Awards were presented to the outgoing committee chairs in Ways to get involved recognition of their contributions GSC nominates graduate stu- to the GSC. dents to serve on Presidential and This was followed by transition Faculty Committees of MIT. The to the new officers for the year list of committees needing gradu- 2002-2003. The GSC Vice Presi- ~te students and application form dent presented the framework of may be found at http://gsc.mit.edu. XptC)'LOC; AVEa'Lt! the communications loop and deci- Applications can also be picked up sion making cycle on which the at 50-220,GSC Office. GSC is based. The President intro- . 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Brass Rat, from Page I a barrage of anger and criticism is out of our hands." frustrating because we were all 600 people showed up to the Muse- from class members who did not "It seems like everyone at MIT looking forward to getting our rings, um of Science to get their rings. part," Shih said. receive their rings, "I am personally is going to blame the committee for and now half the class has to hang "I thought it was a really good not happy about the situation, and I this situation because we don't have out and wait for them while the idea to have the event at the Muse- RingComm faces harsh criticism know it's hard for others to be anyone else to blame," said Ruth M. other half already has their rings." 'um of Science because it went well Since Sunday night, Ring Com- understanding about it," Shih said. Perlmutter '04, who is still waiting Quattrochi sent out an e-mail to with the Ring Committee's theme," mittee members have been hit with "We do care, but the situation really to receive her class ring. "It was the Class of 2004 mailing list last Perlmutter said. night addressing the situation. In his "We chose the Museum of Sci- e-mail, he included the appropriate ence because of its proximity to the phone numbers and organizations to MIT campus, which allowed greater call to make complaints. "My ring is flexibility for attendance," Shih in this shipment, too, so I'm hoping said. like you that this works out, and The Ring Committee spent quickly," he wrote in the e-mail. approximately $2,500 on the event, "I'm actuallinot as disappointed most of which went toward the as I thought I would be," said Jessi- catered dinner. Although the food ca L. Wargo '04, who has yet to was free, attendees had to pay for receive her class ring. "It seemed non-alcoholic drinks. Free Omni- like a waste of time going all the max and Lightning Show tickets way out there to come home empty were given .out to members of the handed, and I know there were a lot class. The main exhibit hall where of angry people afterwards." the food and rings were located The incident has prompted some cleared out about an hour and a half students to question choices made into the event. by RingComm. "I think it was poorly executed. "Why did we switch back to Omni tickets ran out pretty early, Jostens? The lastJew classes before and the lightning show was broken," us bought their rings from Art- Perlmutter said. "People were wait- Carved," Perlmutter said. "Maybe ing in lines for hours only to find next year's class should get back to out they were in the wrong lines. I the ring company that was more think people would've been happier responsible. " with a simpler delivery that was bet- ter executed." Museum of Science good choice Unlike previous years, this Ring's legacy remains unclear MIGUEL CALLES-THE TECH year's ring delivery was not held on Despite the unexpected events Martin Jonikas '04 (left) and Camilo Aladro '04 play around at the Museum of Science, where their a cruise, and casual dress was which have barred many from get- Brass Rats were delivered Sunday night. acceptable. Shih said approximately ting their rings, Shih hopes that in'
....~ the long run members of the Class I~ of 2004 remember the many accom- r plishments of RingComm rather .than this one incident. Approximately 85 percent of the 2004 class ordered Brass Rats, and most of these were ordered in the week following the Ring Premiere in March. "We're excited about the ring itself and that people liked the design," Shih said. "We're hoping YOURAITENDANCE everyone who has their rings will cherish them for the rest of their .' lives." IS REQUESTED "I think they did a really good job designing the ring and organiz~ ing the Ring Premiere. It all just ended on a sour note, even though it wasn't Ring Committee's fault,", Perlmutter said. Another accomplishment of the Ring Committee was the production r of the brochure which 'accompanied the class ring and explains the ring's ,- history and special features. "I'm really proud of the brochure because it's just the ring by itself without any prices or pro- motions," Shih said. "We've done lots of special things this year like the brochure, and we hope that these are the things that people remember in the longton." Solution to Crossword from page 11 S EMIliA G LEI RAM P MONDAY, MAY 13,2002 IDE S SIR E NOD 0 R RED 0 S LEE T N E R 0 S NIP E G RID D L E S 4PM .... c 0 T TAG E C H E ESE SKI D D 0 O. D E A L__ I A N .... M N o .... a LUES M V AID 0 S E HAC I END A lIUNTIN'GTO~ HAI,L lo-~SO M 0 LIA R .... O M A__ I D S ._R A L E.A L PAC A S CIAIS I N I NTH ElslK V_ ORA N G E R V_I" CKS PIN GI GAL L S M L I I REA L E PEE SSE L L ALL V S T RAW 0 S L 0 - RECEPTIO~ TO J!OIJ.PW Mexico/Carribean $300 Round trip Plus Tax Europe $169 ~I,OBBY10 One Way plus tax Book tickets anti ne ~ww.airtech.cam or 212-219-7000
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with guest groups: P~rthwuth, 5u~ttet1.eS f'e..nn 5ixta:!OOO / Page 20 THE TECH May 7,2002 SPORTS Softball Looks to Next Season After 4-12 Finish inNEWMAC By Damian Vega turned the comer in a doubleheader inning, that was my favorite game of TEAJf COACH loss to Springfield (3-0, 8-4)~ the year," Daugherty said. "We First-year head coach Lisa Naas Despite the loss, Huh said that earned a lot of respect in that game." grabbed the reigns of the MIT soft- something clicked for the team in ball program this year, set on turning that game. "We started playing like Engineers top WPI twice in a row it into a winner. How? The three- everyone on the team waS hoping we The Engineers continued to year plan. could," she said. "If we had played at build up respect around the league "We wanted to win that level for the first half of the sea- with a pair of five-inning mercy rule more games this year son I think we could easily have games against winless WPI. Last than last," Naas said. doubled our wins." year,- MIT split the doubleheader, "We accomplished but this time around the team that and actually, we Second half turnaround for MIT showed just .how far they have were just hitting our stride towards Even with the slow start, MIT come. the end of the season. My goal is to still provided the opposition with Junior pitcher Darcy Kelly, who be at about .500 next year." several anxious moments in the sec- was voted the team MVP and "Barring any injuries or unex- ond half of the year. Academic All-Conference, picked pected losses, this team should be With a 2-1 win over Clark - up her third win of the year in a 9-1 contenders in 2004," she said. who finished second in the standings win in the first game, while Saylor After winning only one NEW- - MIT was gaining confidence notched her first collegiate victory MAC game in 200 I, the Engineers headed into a showdown with by virtue of a 10-2 decision. upped that total to four games this league-leading Wheaton (ranked "Darcy's pitching came on year. On the season, MIT finished fourth nationally). Trailing 1-0 strong toward the end of the year," 4-12 in the conference and 4-20 entering the top of the sixth, the Daugherty said. "[Catcher] Nicole overall. Engineers exploded for two runs. Paul is doing a great job behind the "The best part about this season Freshman Carly Saylor '05 and plate and'our hitting finally started was finally getting respect from senior Amy C. Lin '02 both walked to come around." other players and coaches in the to lead off the inning. With one out, Still, after staying within striking league," said shortstop Erin L. Huh o Huh grounded into a fielder's choice distance, 2-0, against Wheaton in '04, who led the squad with a .306 to advance the runners. Daugherty the NEWMAC tournament, the batting average overall. "It's nice to then came through on a 1-2 count Engineers dropped the first round scare the other team a little bit, and with a single up the middle to plate contest 8-0. Nevertheless, an opti- know they won't be laughing at you Saylor and Lin to make it 2-1 MIT. mistic outlook remains. in the locker room." After senior captain Kristine L. "I am really looking forward to "I never thought I would say this Goldrick walked to start off the sev- next year," Daugherty said. "We about a 4-20 season, but I enjoyed enth, Brittany S. Adamson '05 was have two good pitchers and that is a STANLEY HU-THE TECH it, and I hate to lose more than any- hit by a pitch. Saylor, however, was huge part of being successful. The MIT's varsity four races against Radcliffe, Northeastern, and thing," said second baseman Megan able to drive in Goldrick with a sin- best part of this season was that it Boston University during last Sunday's competition on the C. Daugherty '03. "This season was gle to make it 3-1. Wheaton, though, made us believe and it gives us Charles River. They placed fourth in 8:43.5. Pictured, from top a vast improvement over last year." answered with three runs in the bot- something to look forward to. It's a to bottom: Karissa D. Patterson '03 (coxswain), Kavitha S. After struggling through the first tom of the seventh to take a 4-3 win. great group of people and I can see Ramaswamy '04, Sarah K. Venson '03, Lauren E. Owens '03,- hal f of the season, the Engineers "With the exception of the last more wins coming." , Cristina M. Costantino '03. Women~sTrack Squad Takes 18th in Div..III By Adeline Kuo and improve her NCAA provision- STAFF WRITER al qualifying mark. This past Saturday, the MIT Rookie star Julia C." Espel '05 women traveled to Springfield again set a personal, varsity, and College with a limit- rookie record in the event with her ed squad to compete fifth place ,finish in the 3000m J' at the New England steeple chase with a time of tl~' Division III 11:37.93. Sarah K. Perlmutter '02 l Championships. finished just out of the scoring in T Plagued by illness tenth place with a huge personal and injuries, MIT managed to best time of 12:04.91, just under score only 13 points by three indi- five seconds short of the NCAA viduals for _an 18th place finish, provisional qualifying mark. one of the worst finishes in MIT In the throwing cage, Princess Women's Track history. Imoukhuede '02 did not have her best day, but, nevertheless placed lWeedie leads team in scoring seventh in the shot put to pick up Catherine A. Tweedie '04 was two more points for MIT. STANLEY HU-THE TECH the team's big scorer of the day, This Friday and Saturday, the Flanked by members of the women's lightweight crew team, Coach Richard Branch pours a bottle contributing seven points with her MIT women who qualified will of champagne to christen a new boat named in his honor last Saturday at the MIT Boathouse. second place tie in the pole vault. travel to Northeastern University Branch has served as a volunteer coach for the last three years to develop MIT's women's light- Tweedie cleared a height of for the All New England weight program, which placed fourth in the country last year. 11'0.25" to tie the varsity record Championships. Not the greatest at sports? Write about them instead! Join the sports department at The Tech, and learn about all the fun you're missing out on....